James Logan letter to Shekallamy [Shikellamy] and Allummapes [Alumapees/Sassoonan], February 1, 1730

James Logan letter to Shekallamy [Shikellamy] and Allummapes [Alumapees/Sassoonan], February 1, 1730

Letter from James Logan to Iroquois leaders Shikellamy and Alumapees. Letter implores the Lenape at Shamokin to detain representatives from New York and New Jersey and send them to Philadelphia for trial, as the Pennsylvania government had deemed it unlawful for non-Pensylvanian Europeans to go amon...

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Main Author: James Logan, 1674-1751 (Creator)
Other Authors: Shikellamy (AKA Swatana), Oneida Chief, d. 1748 (Correspondent)
Collection:Logan family papers (#0379)
Date:1730-02-01
Dimensions:18.5 x 30.5 cm
Box Number:Box 1
Folder Number:Folder 103
Format: Electronic
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Correspondence
Copyright:Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org)
Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/12530
Summary: Letter from James Logan to Iroquois leaders Shikellamy and Alumapees. Letter implores the Lenape at Shamokin to detain representatives from New York and New Jersey and send them to Philadelphia for trial, as the Pennsylvania government had deemed it unlawful for non-Pensylvanian Europeans to go among the Indians within the Pennsylvania territory, lest they interfere with trade alliances.

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